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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the rhythm of the postman's steps say when Paul's secret reveals itself?
(a) Peace, closeness, and warmth.
(b) Peace, remoteness, and warmth.
(c) Peace, closeness, and cold.
(d) Peace, remoteness, and cold.

2. At what cost does Paul believe he must keep his secret?
(a) At whatever pain it causes to others.
(b) At whatever confusion it brings others.
(c) At whatever joy it brings others.
(d) At whatever embarrassment it causes to others.

3. How is the cement sidewalk designed, according to Paul's description?
(a) In geometrical trapezoids.
(b) In a haphazard pattern.
(c) In geometrical parallelograms.
(d) In a striped pattern.

4. How does Paul now view the bare roofs?
(a) As his reward.
(b) As his failure.
(c) As his imagination.
(d) As his reality.

5. What happens to the postman's footsteps, as Paul recalls?
(a) They gradually become more indistinct.
(b) They gradually become more distinct.
(c) They gradually become more annoying.
(d) They gradually become less annoying.

6. What does Paul contemplate about the following morning in Part 2?
(a) If the postman will knock louder than usual.
(b) If he will hear the postman.
(c) If the postman will skip his house.
(d) If the postman will have trouble finding his house with all the snow.

7. What has happened to the river as Paul crosses it on his way home?
(a) It has flooded.
(b) It has become dirty.
(c) It has dried up.
(d) It has frozen.

8. What is Paul thinking of as the other students answer Miss Buell's questions?
(a) The jungles.
(b) The rain forests.
(c) The tropic regions.
(d) The arctic regions.

9. Where does Silent Snow, Secret Snow take place?
(a) In Minnesota.
(b) In Paul's mind.
(c) In a dream.
(d) In Wisconsin.

10. What kind of boots does the postman have?
(a) Large.
(b) Heavy.
(c) Small.
(d) Light.

11. What does Paul cover up in the cement with his foot?
(a) The hollows.
(b) The dirt.
(c) The chips.
(d) The cracks.

12. What kind of stamp does Paul's secret remind him of?
(a) Old.
(b) Rare.
(c) Large.
(d) Worn.

13. What does Paul describe the unknown component of the snow to be?
(a) Deliciously terrifying.
(b) Deliciously satisfying.
(c) Unmistakably satisfying.
(d) Unmistakably terrifying.

14. As Paul remembers, how many times does his mother ask him to pass the plate at the luncheon table?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

15. How does Paul describe the roadway on his street in Part 1?
(a) Cobbled.
(b) Crooked.
(c) Smooth.
(d) Graveled.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Paul do with his secret?

2. What does Paul's mother get for him to help with his new vagueness?

3. What number is on the front door of Paul's house?

4. How does Paul describe the sunlight on the roof?

5. What does Paul think of the effort it takes to answer Miss Buell's question?

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